Bat origin of human coronaviruses

• Published in: Virology journal Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 221
• Main Authors: Hu, Ben, Ge, Xingyi, Wang, Lin-Fa, Shi, Zhengli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 22.12.2015; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Animals; Animals as carriers of disease; Bats; Bats as carriers of disease; China; Chiroptera; Chiroptera - virology; Coronaviridae - classification; Coronaviridae - genetics; Coronaviridae - isolation & purification; Coronaviridae Infections - transmission; Coronaviridae Infections - veterinary; Coronaviridae Infections - virology; Coronavirus infections; Disease; Disease Reservoirs; Disease Transmission, Infectious; Disease Vectors; Diseases; Enzymes; Genetic Variation; Genomes; Human coronavirus 229E; human diseases; Humans; Laboratories; Mammals; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Mortality; Natural history; pandemic; phylogeny; prediction; Proteins; Respiratory diseases; Review; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus; species; Surveillance; Viruses; Zoonoses - transmission; Zoonoses - virology; Middle East; China

Bats have been recognized as the natural reservoirs of a large variety of viruses. Special attention has been paid to bat coronaviruses as the two emerging coronaviruses which have caused unexpected human disease outbreaks in the 21st century, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV)...